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Album • 2025

The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (Expanded Edition)

Sting26 songs • 2 hours, 12 minutes

The Dream of the Blue Turtles is the debut solo studio album by the English musician Sting, released on 17 June 1985. The album reached number three on the UK Albums Chart and number two on the US Billboard 200. Five singles were released from the album: "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free", "Fortress Around Your Heart", "Russians", "Moon Over Bourbon Street", and "Love Is the Seventh Wave". The album earned Grammy nominations for Album of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Best Engineered Recording; the instrumental title track was nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance. A digital-only special expanded edition of The Dream of the Blue Turtles was released on 11 July 2025 to celebrate its fortieth anniversary. The version includes B-sides such as "Another Day" and "The Ballad of Mac the Knife", as well as remixes of "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free", "Love Is the Seventh Wave", "Moon Over Bourbon Street" and "Fortress Around Your Heart". From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dre...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Songs

  1. 1
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
    Sting
  2. 2
    Love Is The Seventh Wave
    Sting
  3. 3
    Russians
    Sting
  4. 4
    Children's Crusade
    Sting
  5. 5
    Shadows In The Rain
    Sting
  6. 6
    We Work The Black Seam
    Sting
  7. 7
    Consider Me Gone
    Sting
  8. 8
    The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
    Sting
  9. 9
    Moon Over Bourbon Street
    Sting
  10. 10
    Fortress Around Your Heart
    Sting
  11. 11
    Another Day
    Sting
  12. 12
    The Ballad Of Mac The Knife
    Sting, Dominic Muldowney
  13. 13
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dance Mix)
    Sting
  14. 14
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (William Orbit Mix)
    Sting
  15. 15
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Soulpower Mix)
    Sting
  16. 16
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Soulpower Radio Mix)
    Sting
  17. 17
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Soulpower Hip Hop Mix)
    Sting
  18. 18
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Soulpower House Mix)
    Sting
  19. 19
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Soulpower Deep Dub)
    Sting
  20. 20
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Brothers In Ryhthm/Soundtrack Version)
    Sting
  21. 21
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Brothers In Rhythm Edit)
    Sting
  22. 22
    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Tom Stephan Vocal Remix)
    Sting
  23. 23
    Love Is The Seventh Wave (New Mix)
    Sting
  24. 24
    Love Is The Seventh Wave (Special Single Version)
    Sting
  25. 25
    Moon Over Bourbon Street (Cornelius Mix)
    Sting
  26. 26
    Fortress Around Your Heart (Hugh Padgham Remix)
    Sting

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